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£30million for wind turbines that don't work when it's windy:
Cost is £25million higher than last year and paid for by household bills
Cost is £25million higher than last year and paid for by household bills
- National Grid is unable to cope with extra power produced
At the start of September, around 40 wind farm firms were paid £2.4million
Another windy weekend in August saw £3.1million handed over
Wind farms have been paid a record £30million this year to stand idle in bad weather.
The cash, which comes from household bills, is paid when the National Grid is unable to cope with the extra power produced during high winds, or during periods of low demand.
The ‘constraint payments’ have reached £30,424,169 this year, compared with last year’s £5million.
In just one weekend at the start of September, around 40 wind farm firms were paid £2.4million to switch off. The energy they would have produced in that time could have powered up to 10,000 homes.
Another windy weekend in August saw £3.1million handed to energy firms for doing absolutely nothing. Up to 30 wind farms were paid.
John Constable, of the Renewable Energy Foundation charity, which compiled the figures from official data, said: ‘The scale and pricing of wind power constraints in 2013 clearly shows that the full system cost of wind power is much higher than government is willing to admit.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2529297/Title-goes-here.htmlThe cash, which comes from household bills, is paid when the National Grid is unable to cope with the extra power produced during high winds, or during periods of low demand.
The ‘constraint payments’ have reached £30,424,169 this year, compared with last year’s £5million.
In just one weekend at the start of September, around 40 wind farm firms were paid £2.4million to switch off. The energy they would have produced in that time could have powered up to 10,000 homes.
Another windy weekend in August saw £3.1million handed to energy firms for doing absolutely nothing. Up to 30 wind farms were paid.
John Constable, of the Renewable Energy Foundation charity, which compiled the figures from official data, said: ‘The scale and pricing of wind power constraints in 2013 clearly shows that the full system cost of wind power is much higher than government is willing to admit.
